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Here's the latest for Wednesday July 3rd: White House plans new Biden appearances; House Democrat urges Biden to drop reelection bid; Hurricane Beryl moves toward Jamaica; Heat wave affects much of U.S.
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LA TimesOpinion: The force propping up Trump that we still don't talk about
Non-MAGA America seethes at Trump's lies, bluster and authoritarianism. But neither Biden nor any younger, healthier Democrat directly moves to shut down his appeal at its root — toxic whiteness.
- The Hill
5 takeaways from President Biden’s big interview with George Stephanopoulos
President Biden gave the most important TV interview of his career Friday. Biden spoke to George Stephanopoulos of ABC News for 22 minutes during a campaign trip to Wisconsin. The conversation came with his presidency in real peril. There has been profound agitation among Democrats over Biden’s disastrous performance at his June 27 debate with…
- The Daily Beast
Opinion: Could Trump Be Considering Divorcing Melania if He Wins?
When Donald Trump squared off in a high-stakes debate in Atlanta last week, his wife Melania wasn’t there to offer the traditional post-debate smooch. When Trump received a guilty verdict in a Manhattan fraud trial, Melania wasn’t there for the traditional hand-holding walk out of the courthouse. While Trump crisscrosses the country holding rallies, Melania has confined her campaigning to venues just down the hall. In April, she joined Caitlyn Jenner and Mehmet Oz in addressing Log Cabin republi
- The Hill
Meghan McCain: Biden won’t be elected to a second term ‘one way or another’
Meghan McCain, the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), said President Biden will not be elected to another term “one way or another.” “Joe Biden can step aside for another candidate or lose in historic numbers in a few months — but one way or another he will not be President soon and…
- Rolling Stone
Trump-Endorsed Candidate for Governor: ‘Some Folks Need Killing’
North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson keeps piling onto his terrifying vision for America's future
- CBC
In Canada for 7 years, family fights deportation to Nigeria
After six years living in Ottawa, a father with Canadian-born children is waiting in jail as he, his wife and one daughter face deportation to Nigeria.Dapo Makinde was detained on June 25, two days before his family was required to report for deportation, and is now being held at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre.The African Canadian Association of Ottawa is fighting for the Makinde family to stay. It says removing them would uproot a family with deep ties to Canada formed while waiting for a
- The Daily Beast
SCOTUS Immunity Ruling Will Let Trump be Führer, Here’s My Proof: Michael Cohen
When the Supreme Court declared presidents immune from prosecution for their official acts Monday, one man immediately feared what it meant: Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-nemesis, Michael Cohen.Now he is revealing fresh details of his tussles with Trump when his former boss was in the Oval Office, telling The Daily Beast that they show how the SCOTUS ruling would unleash him as a “Führer” if he wins the election."He’ll run the country like a king, like a supreme leader, like a monarch, like a dict
- Reuters
China anchors 'monster ship' in South China Sea, Philippine coast guard says
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday that China's largest coastguard vessel has anchored in Manila's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, and is meant to intimidate its smaller Asian neighbour. The China coastguard's 165-meter 'monster ship' entered Manila's 200-nautical mile EEZ on July 2, spokesperson for the PCG Jay Tarriela told a news forum. The PCG warned the Chinese vessel it was in the Philippine's EEZ and asked about their intentions, he said.
- Business Insider
A NATO sub hunter captured these shots of a Russian submarine in waters newly surrounded by the alliance
NATO's Allied Maritime Command released photos Wednesday after a Portuguese P-3 Maritime Patrol Aircraft found a Russian submarine in the Baltic Sea.
- Moneywise
Warren Buffett said that he could end America's deficit problem 'in five minutes' — here's what he would do
The Oracle of Omaha has a simple solution.
- HuffPost UK
Putin's Foreign Minister Had Quite The Bizarre Take On Labour's Landslide Victory
A bit of head-scratcher, this one.
- INSIDER
North Korean troops could be sent to Ukraine due to their sheer numbers, not their effectiveness, experts say
A report said North Korea may send troops to aid Russia in Ukraine. If true, it would be due to their numbers not effectiveness, experts told BI.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Jumps on Immunity Ruling to Ask Favorite Judge to Gut Secrets Case
Donald Trump seized on the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling Friday, asking the federal judge he appointed who is overseeing his classified documents case to effectively kill it.His attorneys applied to Judge Aileen Cannon, asking permission for a hearing on the decision’s impact—a move designed to try to kill Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case.Attorneys for Trump argued in the Friday motion that the decision “guts the Office’s position that President Trump has ‘no immunity’” and posit
- The Hill
Biden narrows Trump’s lead in swing states after debate debacle: Survey
President Biden, in the wake of a poor debate performance and growing calls for him to step aside, has narrowed Trump’s lead in the key swing states, according to a new survey. The Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll, published Saturday, showed Biden leading Trump in Michigan and Wisconsin. In Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina, the incumbent…
- The Canadian Press
A Ukrainian drone triggers warehouse explosions in Russia as a war of attrition grinds on
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A village in a border region of western Russia was evacuated Sunday following a series of explosions after debris from a downed Ukrainian drone set fire to a nearby warehouse, local officials said.
- GOBankingRates
I’m a Financial Advisor: 4 Moves I’ll Make If I Think Trump Will Win the Election
Another presidential election is on the horizon, and financial advisors are considering the possibility of Donald Trump securing the Republican nomination and winning a second term at the presidency....
- Business Insider
Beijing's 'monster ship,' the world's largest coastguard vessel, dropped anchor in the South China Sea
The 12,000-ton CCG 5901 anchored in Manila's exclusive economic zone earlier this week, ramping up tensions in the region.
- The Canadian Press
Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon who rose to power in parliament, now Iran's president-elect
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wrote that it was “unacceptable in the Islamic Republic to arrest a girl for her hijab and then hand over her dead body to her family.”
- Associated Press
Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett shows an independence from majority view in recent opinions
During her Senate confirmation hearings, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett uttered a memorable line to describe her approach to cases: “It’s not the law of Amy.” Barrett cemented the Court’s conservative supermajority four years ago and has since voted in favor of overturning the nationwide right to abortion, striking down affirmative action in college admissions and expanding gun rights. Barrett wrote sharp dissents in a case connected with the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and another on regulation of downwind air pollution.
- LA Times
Opinion: With Trump mulling a running mate, we had experts rank vice presidents from first to worst
Scholars rated the performance of the past century of veeps. Joe Biden and Al Gore scored high. Kamala Harris and Mike Pence, not so much.